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Have you heard the news? Is it true? This topic is to post any Mario rumors, old or recent, that you recall

Back when I didn't notice Mario Kart games only came out once for console, I saw a kid make a video about Mario Kart DS 2 ... which is just Mario Kart DS 1 with a different label, he recorded it pretty late at night, hope his parents didn't get mad at him.
 
That reminds me there was a time where people were insisting a Thousand Year Door remake was in the works (this wasn't too long ago, sometime within the 2010s) which is one of the few I never let myself believe, my reason being, why would they remake the second game before the first one?

Also, hard to believe there was a time when this wasn't a hoax (Youtube video):
 
The most recent rumour I remember is the Mario + Rabbids rumour. Yes, this game is real as we know, but recall back in late 2016 when this very idea became known to the public as a rumour. It sounded ridiculous that it was a pretty well-known rumour, but I guess now that the game's revealed, those times were history. Be sure to check out the Mario + Rabbids thread for a sample on how some of us reacted to this very idea.

Basically many people doubted that the idea would take off because the Rabbids were infamous for being shallow. Then when the playable characters were revealed, it didn't sound all that impressive due to four of them being Rabbid version of the Mario cast (note that we didn't see how they look like back then). When the first image of that game was shown, it became very famous, or more of infamous due to the premise. One of the slides where Ubisoft planned to "convince gamers" was even considered a joke.

As we all know now, after this game's proper reveal, it turned out to be one of the highlights that even the director of this game cried. Now the words "convince gamers" didn't sound as ridiculous, which is a great thing.

Thank you for reading.
 
NikoAnesti said:
Galaxy DS video
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I remember actually believing that and even e-mailing Nintendo about it, and trying to unlock it on my DS by... setting it near a Wii with Galaxy running and turning Download Play on?? Yup, I wasn't the brightest fellow. Then I felt crushingly disappointed when Nintendo responded that there is no such thing.

Then there's the days of Luigi in Mario 64 rumors... some of which I actually tried to follow the bogus tutorials for.

NikoAnesti said:
Thousand Year Door remake
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Ooooook, back to the corner of shame with me :/
 
Here's an older rumor (From I think, 2016)

In the comments on some Mini Mario and Friends-related YouTube videos, people have claimed that there were Mini Mario Amiibo actually planned by Nintendo, but an ape :dk: stole them all while they were in production and before they were released. (Hey, I get that reference!)

If they actually officially existed, I'd have one right now.
 
badposter said:
And its successor, Waluigi in SM64DS.
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I actually wondered if that was real when I was little, but then I've realized that Waluigi might be too tall to be playable in the game.
Or is he!?
 
I played Mario Golf: Toadstool and it had Baby Luigi playable. I wanted to go edit MarioWiki to tell why the hell he wasn't in yet.

Then I realized it was a dream I woke out of.
 
I remember in kindergarten (wow that's going back like ten years) that there was always rumours about Super Mario 64 DS. I remember one of them being that you could have the power to turn permenatly invisible by walking into a patch of flowers in the castle backyard(?) and walking down some steps or something.

Mind you this was the same kid who said he had an invisible DS that he didn't need to press buttons on and followed his head movements. I didn't believe him anyway but I still tried it. >_>